Hiii

Just a reminder about the 9th & 10th of Muharram.

You can fast either on Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th or Thursday and Friday 17th.

Some information on Muharram/Ashura

Abu Qatada reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked about fasting the Day of 'Ashura' and said, "It expiates the past year." [Muslim]

Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If I remain alive until next year, I will fast the ninth." [Muslim]

Aslamalaikum Everyone,
So Okay I was writing a letter to my uncle in Hong Kong and I got told that whenever writing a letter in urdu you put the number 786 at the top.
Why You Ask Me?
This is because in the quran bismillah is written 786 times. I know Cool isn't it?

My pen is promised word's till all my people are free
Truth pumps in my arteries causing my page to bleed,
While i'm sat here with a future & a million choices,
I write for the people who aint got no voices,
They dictate their lives, souls & thier minds,
But who can hide the fear in their hearts & their eyes,
Speak to a sister who hasn't got no voice,
& the child who has never played with a toy,
the men who were stripped of their wives & their pride,
when the soldiers arrived & they ended their lives,
I guess it's time that we unite & realise,
That we are living our lives surrounded by their lies,
The media show us what they need us to beleive,
& the papers only write what they want us to read,
The worlds globalised where do they end the community,

Toby Ord is a university researcher earning not much more than the average salary. So why is he giving away £1m over his lifetime to help address global poverty?

When Facebook founder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg pledged to give away most of his wealth during his lifetime, some British commentators bemoaned the lack of philanthropy on this side of the Atlantic.

But an academic at Oxford University is living off little more than £300 a month in an act of charity-giving that is arguably more impressive than those of Zuckerberg, Gates, Buffett and co.

We live in a time where Muslim women are ashamed to put on their headscarves and Muslim men think it's better to have the "smooth" look than to let their beards grow. The world is so full of temptations and desires that it has become difficult for us to follow the right path. In other words, life as a PRACTISING Muslim can be pretty hard. But the question that remains is - "Are we REALLY striving for the cause of Allah??" Agreed that the name of islam has been tarnished by the media and the like, but that gives us no reason not to stand up for our Islam and defend our beautiful religion. " I wont' fit in " or " What if no one wants to be friends with me? " are thoughts that probably cross our minds when we think about following Islam.

Hollywood would have us believe that crying is theraputic. And to a certain extent I agree. But its like Freud said, sometimes a tear is just a tear. And sometimes there maybe a thought behind it worth looking at. Either way have tissues ready.

Flashback to ten years ago when I was desparately trying to get my Dad to understand why I was upset with him. What I remember to this day is that moment when Dad told me to 'Stop Crying' which upset me even more and i remember saying something like "I cry, thats what i do. So just listen to what im saying." And low and behold he listened.

What i learnt from that particular experience was

i wanaa make make change but i dunoe where to start
Know i feel it in my pulse with every beat of my heart,
Look at the world, to me it seems like insanity,
people leaving home, to gain a new nationality,
Thinking of change, of a place that is better,
The smile on your daughter when you last met her,
Running from the world, to just get a few p,
What do you see when your looking at me?
Asian, Black, White, yellow or not that,
Stereotype like you know what it is- it's a fact,
We do it too, but admit that it's gotta change,
Cus underneath the skin you know we're all the same,
I got a heart, pumping blood to my brain,
You get a cut & your feeling the pain,
You know i bleed blood & you do it too,
So why make out i am so different to you?

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Quite a moving video, & amazing soundtrack.